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Learning as Work vs. Play
A curious thing happened last Friday in my intro class. We have been studying the theory of the Firm and one of the themes I emphasis (which gets short shrift in the textbooks) is that successful firms are profitable precisely … Continue reading
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The Ideal Candidate
Our job search closed last week with 26 applicants. The pool looks strong. It is encouraging to see that outsiders view UMW as a place where exciting work is being done vis a vis teaching and learning. The next step … Continue reading
Laughing all the way to the bank
After my seminar met today, two of the participants came up and told me, “Four of us from class got together for dinner the other night and we talked about this course.” Referring to both a discussion we’d had the … Continue reading
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Bad news from the Wall Street Journal
The WSJ has apparently decided to allow only paid subscribers to receive their rss feeds. This is a change in their policy.
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What I did on my Florida vacation
I spent much of last week in Orlando at the 2009 Educause Learning Initiative Annual Meetings, about which I have much to blog, and I promise to do so when I get a chance. I was invited to participate in … Continue reading
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Criteria for Grading
In the last few years, I’ve thought a lot about appropriate approaches to grading in my different courses, and I’ve even pushed the boundaries of what academics think appropriate in some. On Monday in my seminar on international finance, we … Continue reading
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Knock down those silos!
Want your students to see their undergraduate program as a coherent curriculum rather than an almost random set of courses? If so, you must read Gerald Graff’s article from Inside Higher Ed. The article is adapted from his presidential address … Continue reading
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Want to change the way higher education thinks about teaching and learning?
Here’s an opportunity you won’t want to miss. I am writing to ask for your help in changing the way mainstream higher education thinks about teaching and learning. Okay, that may be a bit hyperbolic, but only a bit. At … Continue reading
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Using Twitter to Support Teaching and Learning
For the last year or so, I’ve wondered if I could find a productive use for Twitter in my teaching. In case you don’t know, twitter is a micro-blogging tool which allows users to broadcast “tweets,” messages limited to 140 … Continue reading
More on the tyranny of content coverage
Leslie Madsen-Brooks just posted another excellent example of the kind of post I would flag and redirect to the UMW Teaching Center website if we had that ability. Anyone who reads this blog knows that I view my primary responsibility … Continue reading
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